The South, out of fear of economic failure in cotton production, seceded from the union. the north and south had compromised so many times and the south saw no way of compromising their way out of not having slavery once Lincoln was elected. ... Abolitionists spreading this word, touching northerners who had began to forget the brutality and wrongness of slavery, eventually led to the election of a President who also didn't like slavery, Republican and 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. In the election of 1860, as seen in document N, free states seem to have had enough of slavery, all votin...

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Then he met and debated with Lincoln in the White House about slavery. ... Lincoln is our enemy now. On the other hand, the North was one hundred percent behind Lincoln to get rid of slavery. ... But, this victory that Lincoln had makes war inevitable. ... Abraham Lincoln received his first death threat before ever taking office. ...

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Abraham Lincoln was great president, but he did not particularly care for slavery. Abraham Lincoln cared for the union and Frederick Douglas realized this. Lincoln believed that the slaves should just be sent back to Africa or killed or saved or whatever as long as keeping the union peaceful was the number one priority. ...

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The Ideas of Slavery The well-known civil rights leader Frederick Douglass writes his narrative about personal experiences with slavery, as well as, his efforts towards becoming a free man. Hidden within his narrative, he reveals his thoughts and ideas as regards the institution of slavery and...

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Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest leaders of the abolitionist movement. The Abolitionist Movement fought to fought to end slavery within the United States well before the Civil War even happened. Douglass was a brilliant speaker and was asked by the American Anti-S...

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Conflicts Between Individual and Society In Slavery Period Abraham Lincoln once said that "I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others." ...

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During the Civil War she met President Abraham Lincoln and worked on freed slaves' relief projects such as the Freedmen's Hospital and the Freedmen's Village at Arlington Heights, Virginia. ...

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Frederick Douglass was the most important black American leader of the 19th century. He was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1808, the son of a slave woman, and in all likelihood, her white master. When Douglass was about twelve years old, his master's...

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